Business Quotes

“Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that.”

-- Sophia Bush

“Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.”

-- Michel de Montaigne

“When you raise taxes on small business, from 35% to 40%, you will kill jobs.”

-- Mitt Romney

“It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got any other business interests.”

-- Rupert Murdoch

“Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business.”

-- Twyla Tharp

“Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.”

-- Robert Louis Stevenson

“Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.”

-- John Kenneth Galbraith

“I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.”

-- Mark Zuckerberg

“A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business.”

-- Lee Iacocca

“I can't understand why the Democratic parties seem so hostile to economic growth and business.”

-- Jack Kemp